What is Scenography?

Scenography is the art of creating performance environments; it can be composed of sound, light, clothing, performance, structure and space.

In Continental Europe where the term is widely used, the last thirty years have seen scenography move out of academic papers and find a home in the studios of theatre designers and the greenrooms of many theatres. Increasing numbers of theatre designers in the UK are also describing themselves as “Scenographers”.

In the USA however, the term has not been adopted with the same passion, perhaps due to fundamental differences in the way theatre in the USA is produced. On her website www.stephstuff.com, Stephanie A. Schoelzel (Scenographer and Costume Designer) describes heated debates over the use of the term and the unique differences between USA and European theatre.

MunGkin.....

Francisque Sarcey ada menyebut tentang wellmade - play yang merupakan ciri utama dari suatu drama atau teater adalah tujuan utamanya, iaitu menarik perhatian (mempersona) penonton selama pementasan berlansung. Oleh itu, senografilah perlu memainkan peranannya untuk menjadikan sebarang pementasan menjadikan sesebuah pementasan itu menjadi bukan seperti pementasan yang biasa walaupun teater yang berbentuk poor theater, selain tugas sutradara menampilkan karyanya dengan menyusun alur cerita dalam bentuk naskah, idea atau cerita.

Josef Svoboda

“When I sit alone in a theatre and gaze into the dark space of its empty stage, I’m frequently seized by fear that this time I won’t manage to penetrate it, and I always hope that this fear will never desert me. Without an unending search for the key to the secret of creativity, there is no creation. It’s necessary always to begin again. And that is beautiful.” - Josef Svoboda.